knee pain!!!!! PLEASE HELP?

Question

My knee is killing me! I don't know what happened to it, and I don't know what caused it. If i sit down and don't use it, it's fine but if i move it, it's very painful. I can't get up without it hurting and I'm walking with a limp. I have a knee brace, and that helps some. Can someone please help me? What do you think I have, is it serious and can you please give me any tips to ease the pain. I appreciate it

It's my right knee that hurts. I believe I did trip and fall a few days ago and it was on the right leg...

Answer 1

RICE
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation

You can take up to 800 mgs of motrin (ibuprofen) every 6 hours. That will help a lot.
I'm just a mom who's dr.ed her kids for years. I have no idea what you have, but common sense says that RICE is the way to handle it until you can get to the dr. You know, if you don't have to see your MD first on your insurance plan, I'd skip him and see the orthopedic surgeon. He's the dr. who can help you.

Take care, kiddo
Keep that knee up in the air, above your hips.

Debbie

Answer 2

I feel your pain!! I have had this propb for yrs! Have you fallen lately?? You could have a small pc of broken bone in there! That happened 2 me and I was so used to having knee pains, I walked on it for a month before I found out!! Anyway, take ibuprophen its an anti-inflammatory and get some gel for mornings and nights! Ortho DRs and chiropractors sometimes sell OrthoGel Its great!! Also Mobisil and Ascorbine Jr (Im not sure those are spelled right) are good you can usually get those @ drugstores or Walmart! Hope it gets better!!

Answer 3

This is also a case of patellafemoral syndrome, wherein the articulation among the knee cap and the tip of the femur isn't congruent. This is most often extra usual in ladies as a result of our structural variations. Yet, it can be brought on via weak point in a single distinctive aspect of the quadriceps as good as tightness of the iliotibial band at the outer aspect of the leg. Pain most often happens whilst the quadricpes are required to be energetic...going up and down stairs, getting up and down from a chair, and so on. It additionally seems like you wish to have extra assessment to be certain there's no structural harm corresponding to a torn meniscus. If it's both of the above, the next step in care will have to be bodily medication wherein extra fingers on exam may also be performed with a view to try to right the crisis and reduce soreness.

Answer 4

Do you have one knee hurt or two? If only one knee hurting, the chance is you have one leg is longer than the other. In most of case, it is the longer side hurt. You can laid on your back and have somebody check and see if either hills are same length or not; it only take ¼ inch different to make you hurt. What had happen is when you stand or walk you lean to the shorter side, and the knee muscles on the longer side try to pull you back but too far away from the main body weight and over stressed. You can put a shoe sole in the shoe of good side. It is very important to do not put in both sides; only in good side. Massage knees always help.
If both knee hurt, you may have one or all of three things: 1) Muscles are too tight. 2) Layer of loose but strong connective tissue covering muscles called Myofascia are too tight or stick together. 3) The cause for above conditions is you have too much body toxins. Massages should be able to take care of your pain.

Answer 5

Best advice I can give is to see a doctor of your choice. Pain in your knee in the absence of injury could be numerous things. Again this is where a doctor can help.
As for pain, start simple with something like motrin or alleave and go from there. If the pain still persists, see you doctor.
Have your tried to apply hot or cold compresses? Sometimes they help a bit especially if there is some swelling present.

Answer 6

until you see a orthopedic surgeon you can try rubs like icy hot or the occassional ice pack aleve might help. 2 tablets every 12 hours. it could be something as miniscule as a small calcified mass up to torn lateral meniscus cartilage. possibly even arthritis.

Answer 7

Talk to your doctor.